Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-12-21

| the interior
The marquis of Queensbury offers a gold
medal for a glove contest of eight rounds
between Kilrain and Smith. Kilrain and
party left Paris at II o'clock tonight Sui
| livan offers to fight either kilrain or
Smith in the first week of April, and the
other man in the first week of May, each
| for s., 600 side.
FRANCE.
PARIS Dec 20 The Duke of Norfolk,
who went to Rome to convey to the pope
the congratulations of Queen Victoria on
his jubilee, left that city, curtailing his
visit so the Gaulois asserts, because of the
absolute refusal of the pope to interfere in
the relations between the Irish clergy
and the people. Rampolla, papal secre-
tary, the paper says, informed the duke
that the people had already used his in
ftuence with the clergy, but could not ask
the priests to cease to be patriots without
running the risk of causing rebellion Of
a section of the clergy and loss of the hold
of the church upon the people.
Prince Krapotkine delivered a lecture
here tonight on The Moral Influence of
Prisons" He argued in favor of suppress
ing prisons and of leaving crimes to be
committed at WILL his opinion being that
the only safeguard.of society was the cur
stomach, from which, he said, all crimi
nails suffered.
AUSTRIA.
VIENNA, Dec 20-Authentic news has
been received to the effect that numerous
Cossack regiments are being maSsed IN
Russian Poland.
RUSSIA.
ST. PETERSBURG, Dec. N.-The report of
Yesterday that another attempt had been
made to assassinate the car is officially
contradlcted.
CONQUERED BY FIRE AND POWDER.
DENVER, Col, Dec. 19.-The sheriff's
posse which left here last night for Deer
Trail to effect the capture of the desper-
ado, Newt Vorce, or kill him, returned
this afternoon with their man and lodged
him in Jail, where he will await the &C
ton of the grand jury on the charge of
murder.
The officers in charge of the outlaw
said: When we left Deer Trail we took
along with us. besides our arms. d
box of giant powder cartridges.
When we reached the dugout just after
dark we saw fire from the riffs, as Vorce
and his besiegers exchanged shots. We
soon learned that Norce had fortified the
dugout stable in which five horses were
After studying the lay and placing men
around the dug0ut, we set fire to a
small haystack in the rear of the dugout
and then placed seventeen capped sticks of
giant powder on the top of the roof, which
was thickly built of brush, poles and hay.
We then withdrew to safe distance to
await results. Scarcely had the haystack
burned ere Vance called out that he was
ready to give up We shouted to him to
lay down his arms, hold up his
hands and come out which he did,
Two of our men hurried in to bring out
his weapons, and through the doorway
could be seen fire sitting down through the
roof. Hurrying away, we just had time to
get off a few yards when the giant powder
exploded filling the air with flying tim
bers and burning brush and straw. As
the smoke cleared away nothing was to be
seen but blackened hole, and turning to
the prisoner | saw in his eye that which
said he was thankful to be out of there
1t was twenty-five minutes perhaps from
the time the fire was lighted until Vorce
called for quarter